Dr Ruth Cornick.

Dr Ruth Cornick

RuthCornick has a background in Family Medicine and joined the Knowledge Translation Unit in November 2005 as a guideline developer, trainer and curriculum designer. Her clinical experience included integrating TB, HIV and ARV care in a primary care setting which formed the foundation for her master’s thesis, and contributed towards strengthening the integration of these conditions in the PALSA PLUS guideline and training programme. She led the expansion of the PALSA PLUS guideline to become the comprehensive Primary Care 101 guide for adult care and the subsequent revisions of this tool for the Western Cape, South Africa (PACK Adult – Western Cape) and localisation for Botswana (PACK Adult Botswana). She heads the Unit’s Content Development Team.